To think Shein has upped it’s game

Why do you think people are trying to be perfect or ‘holier than thou’ just because we choose not to use child labour sourced clothes, or to put our kids in toxic clothes.

I understand you don’t care about these people forced to work in these conditions, but do you not care about the health of your own kids?

‘It is what it is’

😂

Or:

‘It just happened. I have no control over my behaviour as I am incapable of independent thought, and especially incapable of realising that I am not in fact the main character’.

Who are you referring to @IThinkPink?

Daft mare! Trying to be holier than thou but I bet there’s something questionable in her lifestyle somewhere…

I shop from shein as do many as evidenced on this thread. It is what it is

I think that poster has recently learnt the phrase ‘virtue signalling’. She is all over several threads peppering her comments with it ;-)

I think you’ve missed the point. It’s never been about being perfect.

These clothes are toxic and should be nowhere near young peoples skin. People are upset over the poor working conditions in the factories, if you can’t understand basic empathy and concern for others then that says a lot about you.

I strongly suspect they’d feel a lot of rage at the disregard for it and how we don’t see it.

I often wonder if these people would feel the same if it were people like them being exploited to make the clothes. Suppose their water supply was being poisoned. Or if stacks of unworn discarded polyester clothing were all over their neighbourhood.

No one’s trying to out do anyone. It’s just hard to fathom why anyone would want to put themselves or their children at risk from toxic clothing. Even if you’re not bothered about ethics. You should be bothered about your families health

these sites are also being investigated by gambling commissions due to the spin to win discounts and count down timers. It creates the same buzz as gambling and does create an addiction.

I'm not saying I buy from there because it's easier. I buy from there because I want to and I like the things I buy from there. I honestly couldn't give a flying fuck what anyone on here or anywhere else for that matter thinks about me as a person for choosing to shop there. Enjoy all trying to out do each other on how perfect you are.

I recently redonated two new with tags dresses that I bought from a charity shop. Full circle 😂

The exact same way they buy stuff from shein by tap tap tapping on their phones.

you can even buy second hand stuff with it as well.

you cannot say it’s easier to buy from shein and temu. That argument washes as badly as some of the shite from those sites.

When I was less conscious about my consumption, I bought new things and never wore them. Kept them for a year, planning to resell, then donated them to charity 🙂

I volunteer in a charity shop and we get loads of clothing brand new with tags (as well as other things still sealed in boxes). People buy in the sale, put it away for the following summer and change their mind, or lose/gain weight, or just decide it doesn't fit and they can't be arsed going back to change it, especially if it was bought fairly cheaply. People aren't stealing to donate stuff to a charity shop.

The stolen or fake ones are easy to spot, the sellers have lots. There's plenty that are just unwanted presents or impulse buys from the TK Max sales. My DH buys some of his work clothes the same way. Takes 30 seconds to check the sellers wardrobe and assess - easy peasy.

They're very likely stolen.

That's funding a whole other unethical trade.....

11 billion tons of stuff are shipped around the world a year, 40% of which is fossil fuel. It's worse than aviation for carbon emissions. We all urgently need to stop buying shit we don't need.

theconversation.com/ships-moved-more-than-11-billion-tonnes-of-our-stuff-around-the-globe-last-year-and-its-killing-the-climate-this-week-is-a-chance-to-change-150078

it's not about 'lovely' looking stuff though. Do you not care how things are produced???

Yep. Their online customer service is excellent.

No one is asking you to source clothing spun from the wool of hand reared, yoga practicing bunnies and stitched under a full moon by fairies with PHDs who sip chamomile tea while performing interpretive dance tutorials on couture embroidery.

I'm desperate to see this and would definitely buy whatever they made.

It's as easy to buy clothes from Sainsbury online as it is from Shein.

Because it's not about keeping us happy - it's actually about not buying from companies who use child slavery - therein lies your error.

It’s got nothing to do with keeping me happy, it’s about trying to make choices that are better for the planet and its inhabitants.

I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of Vinted but you can buy brand new stuff on there still with tags on. My kids do it all the time. My son has some nice Fred Perry and Ralph Lauren stuff from there (not my scene but he likes those brands) brand new for a fraction of the cost they would be new.

I worry about the ethics. Saying that, is it awful that I’ve bought 2 items secondhand that are Shein? One wasn’t advertised as Shein and has had tons of compliments.